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What do a volleyball net, a no-parking sign and a flag pole have in common? They are all objects upon which a pole dancer did a trick for the Art of the Catwalk Street Pole competition.

It's that time, Christmas time is here. Everybody knows there's not a better time of year.

Last updated on 11/23/2009 at 9:01 p.m. Ita s the most wonderful time of the year, and ita s already here.

The recession is downsizing everything - even South Carolina's Statehouse Christmas tree.

Every Christmas, do you pine for the earthy and spicy scent of a fresh-cut fir in your living room, or do you drag out and dust off the artificial tree? Two schools of thought revolve around live versus fake trees. One, that the Christmas tree industry is renewable, however if you consider the resources it takes to grow and nurture, only to kill a perfectly healthy tree, versus a petroleum-based plastic tree and the process it takes to produce and ship it, may leave you feeling, well, less than joyous. Consider purchasing a live tree. It may not even be a traditional Christmas tree — maybe a Festivus Ficus? — but, it can still be decorated and loved, and then planted in your yard once the season is over.

Unlike Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs is yet to give official word whether or not their annual Hannukah Hoedown will be happening this year.

Think someone on your holiday gift list wants zit cream for Christmas? Ink cartridges for Hanukkah? Perhaps a little Cheez Whiz for Festivus? Looks like they may get such practical gifts, whether they want them or not.p> After years of hyping expensive electronics or luxury items as the ultimate gift, this year, more and more marketers are pushing ...

To repurpose a phrase from Seinfeld , 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest is the Festivus for the rest of us, a two-day alternative holiday for all the freaks and geeks.

I know many of you were looking forward to celebrating Festivus this year, but Slow Food has an even better winter holiday to take part in.

Remember that comedian whose television show ruled the 1990s and turned Festivus into a national holiday? Well now Jerry Seinfeld is on the other side of the camera producing the reality show The Marriage Ref , a show with a premise as terrible as Bridezillas : Let's find couples that fight with each other, then bring in a marriage referee to call ...

Sir, you're going to have to take that outside. After Bill O'Reilly made Olympia ground zero for the culture wars last year, objecting to an atheist sign beside a Nativity scene in the Capitol and setting off a frenzied debate over religious and anti-religious displays , the state decided it's not taking any risks this year--at least not inside ...

Sir, you're going to have to take that outside. After Bill O'Reilly made Olympia ground zero for the culture wars last year, objecting to an atheist sign beside a Nativity scene in the Capitol and setting off a frenzied debate over religious and anti-religious displays , the state decided it's not taking any risks this year--at least not inside ...

After 11 years, Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer are planning a return to the small screen -- but not for an actual "Seinfeld" reunion show.

A former official at the U.S. consulate in Toronto was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday for expediting visas in exchange for gifts of jewelry and trips with exotic dancers.

Malian singer Oumou Sangare makes a rare U.S. appearance Friday, July 17, in Cabot as part of the seventh annual Sol Harvest Festivus for the Restivus.

Find out more about Michael: Michael Sheena has been a car nut for as long as he can remember.

Puffy shirts, Soup Nazis, jerk stores, low-talkers, high-talkers, close-talkers, and even a Festivus for the rest of us - not bad for a contest about nothing.

Puffy shirts, Soup Nazis, jerk stores, low-talkers, high-talkers, close-talkers, and even a Festivus for the rest of us - not bad for a contest about nothing.

I couldn't help thinking of George this week when a story broke about an Ohio man who became so enraged at his father's request to clean up his room, he threw a plate of food at the offending parent and balled up his fist in anger.

My last few posts have featured up-jump-and-boogie tracks and it's high time I settle down a bit before I hurt myself.